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Lt. Tristram Coffin, Jr.

Lt. Tristram Coffin, Jr.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21]

Male 1632 - 1704  (72 years)


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  • Name Tristram Coffin 
    Prefix Lt. 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Birth 1 Feb 1631/2  Brixton Parish, Plymouth, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 14, 15, 20, 22, 23, 24] 
    Gender Male 
    Migration 1642  From England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 11, 25, 26, 27] 
    To New England
    aboard unknown vessel 
    • The ship arrived before October 1642.
    • Role: Family2member
    Occupation Aft 1653  [6, 28, 29] 
    deacon
    Occupation Aft 1653  [6, 29, 30] 
    tailor
    Property 2 Jul 1659  Nantucket, Nieuw Nederland Find all individuals with events at this location  [31, 32] 
    chosen by the first proprietors
    the purchase of Nantucket
    • Role: Associate
    Freeman 29 Apr 1668  [4, 20, 23, 28] 
    Property 9 Dec 1679  [33] 
    "a parcel of upland in Newbury, it being in estimation an acre and a half ... in the common field, commonly called the South Field, it being the north end of the said Morse his lot near unto the now dwelling house of Hugh March"
    Anthony Morse
    • Role: Buyer
    Office 21 Nov 1686  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [34] 
    chosen standing overseers of the poor for the town
    Event 16 May 1694  [17] 
    "[w]hereas Abraham Morell late of Salisbury bequeathed to his widow Sarah one-half of his whole estate and unto his children, viz: Isaack, Jacob, Abraham, Moses, Sarah Rowell alias Morell and [blank] Severance alias Morrell the other half, and no division being yet made thay have chosen Col. Daniel Pierce, Deacon Tristram Coffin, Capt. Peter Coffin, Capt. Stephen Greenleafe and Mr. Thomas Currier of Amesbury to make a division according to the will"
    Hon. Peter Coffin
    Sarah Clement 
    • Role: Participant
    Occupation merchant tailor  [20]
    Will 12 May 1703  [35] 


    • In the Name of God Amen. I Tristram Coffin of Newbury in ye County of Essex Massachtts. province New England. I being sensible of my own Mortality. & att this time of a Disposing Mind doe make this as my Last Will & Testament. Comitting my Soul to God in & thro. ye Meritt of Jesus Christ and my Body to ye Dust in hopes of a Joyfull Resurrection.. And as for my Worldly Goods which God hath Given mee.. I Dispose of Them as followeth.

      1 I Doe hereby order & appoint my son Nathaniel Coffin to take speciale Care of my wife his Mother to provide for her in all Respects dureing her Life all things Necessary for her Comforttable being both in Sickness and In health.

      2 My Will is and I Doe hereby Give to my son James Coffin to him his heires & assigns the house he now Liveth in, & ye [Shopp?] ye Two Barnes [Next?] his house, & one halfe of ye pasture Land adjoyning Including his Orchard as part of it. ye side next Ma[j__?] Ma[rch?] his Land so much from as from March his Land to halfe way ye [___]yard [between?] ye Barns as also all ye Plow Land I bought of John [Long & Shubael?]: to Enjoy ye 3 Acres and a halfe within one year after my Death: and two parts of five of all Common privilidges in ye Towne Commons and ye one halfe part of my Orchard & pasture att [Trotters?] bridge & one halfe of ye Meadow I bought of [Parcivell?] Lowell & four acres of ye Meadow adjoyning to Deacon Cutting Noyes and ye Length of ye Meadow of Equall breadth at both ends and seven acres of Meadow att Jericho which I bought of Mr. Dole and a Lott of Meadow att Plumb Island wch. I bought of Richard [Jackman?] & ye other part of Meadow which I bought of Jackman att Old Towne and ye seven acres of Meadow att Salsbury [beach?] & Two parts of five of my free hold Lott & one halfe of ye Wood Land I bought of [Edmund?] Moores and one third part of the Rate Lott I bought of Joseph Plumer & one halfe of ye Rate Lott att John Emerys Meadow Including yt 6 Acres which the Comittee Granted him to be part of it and one halfe of ye Wood Lott Lately Laid out which Joyneth to Richard Browns Lott and [___] Tappans and all ye Lott of upland which Lyeth in Salisbury which I bought of [Mr.?] Bailey… Always provided yt. my son James Coffin pay to his brother Nathaniel Coffin forty shillings a year Durenig his Mothers Life In to be paid or as Mony [for her supply?].

      3 My Will is and I Doe Give to my son Stephen Coffin to him his heirs & assignes all my [hayeing?] & upland & Meadows with priviledge [&?] Common Rights belonging to mee In Haverhill & all my meadow [within ye?] bounds of [Mr.?] Hooks farme & all my meadow at Plumb Island [att?] ye north End of ye Island Called the hundred acres_ & one fifth [part?] of Common Rights att Newbury & one fifth part of my free [___] Lotts and one third part of ye Rate Lott I bought of Joseph Plummer he paying to his son Tristram five pounds.

      4 My Will is and I Give to my son Peter Coffin to him his heirs & assignes for Ever the farme att Gloster with ye Island & all priviledges in Common within ye Towne Shipp of Gloster the which I have Given him a D[___] of and I G[a?]ve him six shillings and I Doe hereby order my said son Peter Coffin to pay to his Brother Nathaniel Coffin all yt is due to me from him Either by book [Bill?] or [Bond?] and ye [6 _?] a year that my wife shall receive of him annually dureing her natural Life because my son Nathaniel must provide for his mother.

      5 My Will is and I Doe give to my son Nathaniel Coffin to him his heirs & assignes my now Dwelling house with [_] Barns & [pasture?] Land adjoyning & Orchards so much [front?] [___] from [Richard?] [Browns?] Land to halfe way ye [C___] between the Barns [one part of five?] of [__] Common Right in Newbury & all my plough Land adjoyning to Joseph Downers Land and ye one halfe of ye [Orchard?] [___] Land att [Trotters?] bridge and one halfe of ye Wood Land I bought of Edmund Moores & ye one halfe of my Rate Lott att Emery Meadow Includeing my son James his 6 acres [_________] [one?] [third?] part of ye rate Lott I bought of Joseph Plumer and 2 parts of five of my free [hold?] Lott & ye Rate [___] Lott I bought of Ma[___] March & [___] by John Browns [______] adjoyning to Land Peter Coffin bought of [___] Bartlett [and all my?] meadow att Little [pine?] Island and all ye 6 acres I bought of [N_t_.?] [B__ger?] and all ye meadow bought of ye [Longs?] & of Daniell [___] Excepting ye 4 acres given to James [_____] ye Meadow yt I bought of Parcivall Lowell and all ye Meadow [_____] on ye North Side of ye Creek and four [________] of Meadow Wheeler's Lott & Smiths 2 Lotts & Greenleefs Lott and ye one halfe of ye Wood Lott Lately Laid out [Lyeing?] between Richard Browns and D[__] Tappans and [___] of my [___] Goats & Cattel and sheep and [h___] & horses & [__] [___] Things belonging to Mee and all my Debts due to Mee by [Book bills or bonds?] or otherwise.

      6 My Will is I Give to my Grandson Tristram [______] [f___] pounds to be paid to him by his father [___] of the [____ ____ _____ ____] Meadow [___] and ye Remainder I Give to my Daughtr. Judeth.

      7 Item I Give to Daughtr. Deborah [___ __ __] Twelve [___ __] Trees in yt Land I bought of Edmund Morres and to her son [Tristram Knight?] a Cow.

      8 I Give to my Daughter Mary Little [___] and to her son Tristram Little a Cow and 2 [Sheep?].

      9 I Give to my Daughter Lydia Pike [5s?].

      10 I Give to my Grand Daughter Mary Little a [feather bed?] and bolster and pillow & a pr. of [___] & 2 [Coverlids?] & 2 pr. of sheets.

      11 My Will is and I Doe hereby appoint my son Nathaniel Coffin to be the Executr. of this my Will to pay out my [____] Debts and to Receive all my Debts & to [_form_?] all my Legacies according to this my Will & to take special Care of his Mother [In____] and I Do Renounce all former Wills by me made & Declare this to be my Last Will as Witness my hand & Seale this 12 Day of May 1703 and In ye Second [Yeare?] of ye Reign of our Sovereign Lady Queen Anne of England &c.

      Tristram Coffin (seal)

      Signed Sealed & [___]ed In the presence of us

      Richard Browne junr.
      Anthony Somerbee
      Nicholas Patnigalle

      [Proved in Essex 23 Feb 1703, presumably 1703/04]
    Death 4 Feb 1703/4  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 20, 22, 23, 28, 36] 
    Probate 23 Feb 1703/4  [35] 
    Burial Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Cemetery:
    First Parish Burying Ground
    Person ID I7170  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 9 Mar 2020 

    Father Tristram Coffin, Sr.,   b. 1609/10, Brixton Parish, Plymouth, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 1681, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Dionis Stevens,   b. 1609/10, Brixton Parish, Plymouth, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 1684, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1630  Brixton Parish, Plymouth, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 11, 22, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42] 
    Family ID F2959  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Judith Greenleaf,   b. 2 Sep 1625, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1705, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [12, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20, 26, 43, 44, 45, 46] 
    Marriage 2 Mar 1652/3  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 20, 22, 23, 26, 28, 29, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51] 
    Children 
     1. Stephen Coffin,   b. 11 May 1652, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1665, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 12 years)
    +2. Judith Coffin,   b. 4 Dec 1653, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1724 (Age 70 years)
    +3. Deborah Coffin,   b. 10 Nov 1655, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Mary Coffin,   b. 12 Nov 1657, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1725, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    +5. James Coffin,   b. 22 Apr 1659, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1735/6, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     6. John Coffin,   b. 8 Sep 1660, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 May 1677, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 16 years)
    +7. Lydia Coffin,   b. 22 Apr 1662, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1719, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
     8. Enoch Coffin,   b. 21 Jan 1663/4, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Nov 1675, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 11 years)
    +9. Stephen Coffin,   b. 18 Aug 1665, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Aug 1725, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     10. Peter Coffin,   b. 27 Jul 1667, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jan 1746/7, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    +11. Deacon Nathaniel Coffin, Esq.,   b. 26 Mar 1669, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1748/9, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F2950  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1 Feb 1631/2 - Brixton Parish, Plymouth, Devonshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMigration - To New England,aboard unknown vessel  - 1642 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 2 Mar 1652/3 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - chosen by the first proprietors,the purchase of Nantucket - 2 Jul 1659 - Nantucket, Nieuw Nederland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOffice - chosen standing overseers of the poor for the town - 21 Nov 1686 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 4 Feb 1703/4 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Cemetery:
    First Parish Burying Ground - - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States    		 Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Coffin House    		Coffin House
    Tristram Coffin House (built in 1653). The current address is 16 High Road in Newbury, Massachusetts

  • Notes 


    • When Tristram's father left Newbury, Tristram Jr. stayed behind. He was very active in town and church affairs holding a number of positions in town government. In about 1654 Tristram erected the Coffin home on what is now High Street in Newbury. This house, one of the oldest still standing in North America, is now owned by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. And may be visited by the public. The Rev. Thomas Parker first settled Newbury in 1635 with a group of about one hundred of his followers. The church in Newbury was led by Rev. Parker for many years and in the 1660's great controversy arose as to its administration and religious practices. Two factions developed in the town and Tristram, throughout was a supporter of Rev. Parker, signing petitions and giving testimony throughout the period.
      On May 14, 1654, Tristram signed petition in defense of Robert Pike who was accused of "intemperate zeal and seditious speech". On March 7, 1663, he was appointed a fence viewer.
      On May 29, 1668 Tristram was admitted as freeman. In March of 1674, Tristram, among others was appointed to lay out six acres to be used as pasture for the future ministry. This, apparently led to him being appointed lot layer on September 21, 1677.
      In the years, 1669, 1670, 1680, and 1681 he served as a selectman of the town. Additionally, on September 29, 1681 he was appointed by General Court as one of three commissioners of small claims.
      On March 1, 1682 Tristram was appointed "standing way warden to see that evry inhabitant do their part on the hye wayes" By the year 1683, Tristram was one of the largest sheep owners in Newbury with a herd of 55.


      In 1686 he was a member of the committee that partitioned the balance of the undivided common lands in Newbury.
      On November 21, 1693, having previously been made a Deacon of the church, Tristram, with the other two deacons were chosen as standing overseers of the poor in Newbury and he was made Treasurer for the Poor. In 1695, Newbury, having grown substantially was divided into two parishes, Tristram and two others were selected to make the geographical division. This was the beginning of the parish divisions which would result in the break off of Newburyport seventy years later.
      Remaining active in church and town affairs until the end, on October 18, 1700 Tristram was appointed to a committee to procure a new bell for the First Parish Meeting House.
      When Tristram died in 1704 a memorial inscribed as follows was erected in the First Church burial ground in Newbury:
      To the memory of Tristram Coffin, Esq.,
      who having served the first church of
      Newbury in the office of Deacon 20 years
      died Feb, 1703-4 aged 72 years.
      'On earth he pur-chas-ed a good degree,
      Great boldness in the faith and liberty,
      And now possesses immortality.'

      Submitted by: Bob Bamford - bob@essexbooks.com © 1997 Heritage Associates

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      Brackets indicate any illegible portions or editorial comments. Spacing between paragraphs added to increase readability.

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